Earl Miner (1927 - April 17, 2004) was a professor at Princeton University, and a noted scholar of Japanese literature and especially Japanese poetry; he was also active in early English literature .

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  • Earl Miner (1927 - April 17, 2004) was a professor at Princeton University, and a noted scholar of Japanese literature and especially Japanese poetry; he was also active in early English literature . He earned his bachelor's degree in Japanese studies and master's and doctoral degrees in English from the University of Minnesota; with this Ph.D, he joined the English faculty at Williams College and at UCLA (1955 to 1972), whereupon he joined Princeton in 1972. He was President of the Milton Society of America, the American Society for 18th Century Studies and the International Comparative Literature Association. He was honored with Princeton's Behrman Award for distinguished achievement in the humanities in 1993. For his work, he received the Order of the Rising Sun in 1994, Japan's second-highest honor; fellow recipients include Donald Keene and Douglas MacArthur. He died in his home in Hightstown, New Jersey, on April 17, 2004, after a prolonged illness. (en)
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  • Earl Miner (1927 - April 17, 2004) was a professor at Princeton University, and a noted scholar of Japanese literature and especially Japanese poetry; he was also active in early English literature . (en)
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  • Earl Miner (en)
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